Washburn University Carnegie Library Building

Washburn University Carnegie Library Building
Location Off Seventeenth St. and Washburn Ave., Topeka, Kansas
Coordinates 39°2′8″N 95°42′3″W / 39.03556°N 95.70083°W / 39.03556; -95.70083Coordinates: 39°2′8″N 95°42′3″W / 39.03556°N 95.70083°W / 39.03556; -95.70083
Area less than one acre
Built 1904
Built by James Cuthbert & Sargent
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Carnegie Libraries of Kansas TR
NRHP reference # 87000972[1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 1987

The Washburn University Carnegie Library Building in Topeka, Kansas, United States, is a Carnegie library built in 1904. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]

Washburn College, later Washburn University of Topeka, established in 1865, obtained a $40,000.00 Carnegie Library grant for its construction in 1904.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Martha Gray Hagedorn (April 15, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washburn University Carnegie Library Building / Washburn University Carnegie Building--Education Department". National Park Service. Retrieved December 26, 2017. With photos.


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